Arabella M. Willson

Arabella M. Willson was a 19th-century American author best known for The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson, Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, and Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah, first published in Auburn, New York, in 1851 and later reissued as Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons. Project Gutenberg also lists Arabella W. Stuart as an alias, and the book itself identifies her as Arabella W. Stuart, Mrs. Arabella M. Willson.

Her best-known book is a group biography of three women connected with the famous missionary Adoniram Judson. It focuses on Ann, Sarah, and Emily Judson and reflects a strong interest in religion, biography, and the public recognition of women’s work in the 19th century.

Reliable biographical details about Willson herself are limited in the sources I could confirm. A Find a Grave record widely associated with her gives the name Arabella Marie Farrand Willson and dates of 1806–1884, but because fuller independent confirmation was scarce, it is safest to treat those personal details with some caution.